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Bressay lies due south of Whalsay, west of the Isle of Noss, and north of Mousa.With an area of 11 square miles (28 km 2), it is the fifth-largest island in Shetland.The population is around 360 people, [2] concentrated in the middle of the west coast, around Glebe and Fullaburn.
Name Location Date Listed Grid Ref. [note 1] Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number [note 2] Image Gardie House Pier Category B 44520: Upload Photo: Heogan, Former Fishing Station, Including House, Stores, Barrel Store, Wall And Pier
This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. [1] The Shetland archipelago comprises about 300 islands and skerries, of which 16 are inhabited.
Bressay transmitting station is a broadcasting transmission facility for the Shetland Islands, located on the isle of Bressay, owned and operated by Arqiva (previously National Grid Wireless). The transmitting station is based on the Ward of Bressay, the island's highest peak. The facility includes two steel lattice towers both over 70m high ...
A list of populated places in the Shetland Islands: A Aith Aithsetter Assater Aywick B Baltasound Basta Belmont Biggings Bigton Billister Bixter Boddam Bousta Brae Braehoulland Braewick Breiwick Bremirehoull Brettabister Bridge End Bridge of Walls Brindister Brough, Bressay Brough, South Nesting Brough, Whalsay Browland Burrafirth Burrastow Burravoe C Catfirth Challister Channerwick Clate ...
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The island's population was 632 as recorded by the 2011 census, [3] a drop of over 12% since 2001 when there were 720 usual residents. [31] During the same period Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702. [32] In 2016, the island was the subject of Series 11 of BBC Two's An Island Parish. [33]